Red Hot Chili Peppers’ Hollywood Walk of Fame Star Dedication Draws Huge Crowd, Woody Harrelson, George Clinton
variety.comShirley Halperin Executive Editor, MusicMusic fans were out in force on Hollywood Boulevard this morning for the Red Hot Chili Peppers’ Hollywood Walk of Fame star dedication ceremony.
With a soundtrack provided by the USC marching band, and in front of hundreds of cheering spectators, Anthony Kiedis, Flea, Chad Smith and John Fruiscante made the most of the photo opp, going so far as to lick the star once it was revealed.The band, which is releasing a new album on Friday — “Unlimited Love,” the Chilis’ 12th full-length release, via Warner Records — holds a deep personal connection with the famous boulevard.
As bassist Flea, a self-described ““Hollywood street kid” told Variety ahead of the dedication, at 15, he and frontman Anthony Kiedis would run around Hollywood in the wee hours of the night, “doing stupid little crimes, hustling for food.
I’ve walked over every one of those stars — every sidewalk, every crack, every one of them. To be recognized and be a part of the physical fabric of those sidewalks means a lot to me.” Added Kiedis: “I’m pretty sure that I have inadvertently vomited on Hollywood Walk of Fame stars in my lifetime.
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